Founded in 1995 by Lesley Whyte and Eric Green, Bibliographic Data Services quickly established itself as the foremost supplier of quality metadata to libraries. The company has held the British Library Catalogue in Publication (CIP) Programme contract since 1995, providing core services to the British Library, and supplies all UK public libraries, many academic libraries and libraries around the world. BDS aggregates, curates and delivers metadata relating to print and e-books, audiobooks, film, music and video games. BDS also specialises in the design, build, hosting and maintenance of websites for the book trade and home entertainment industry.